Good evening, were live injerusalem, as diplomatic efforts to try to ease the worsening humanitarian situation in gaza intensify. The german chancellor olaf scholz has been meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in tel aviv, and Tomorrowjoe Biden is expected in israel for talks. But its a tricky diplomatic mission. The us wants to show solidarity with israel, but also press for ways to ease the suffering in gaza, where the United Nations says supplies of food, fuel and water are dwindling, and access must be allowed for aid. All this as Israel Masses troops on the border, ahead of a possible ground invasion, and its aerial bombardment of the territory continues. It says its Targeting Members of hamas, a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk, and responsible for last weeks attack on Southern Israel, which killed at least 1,400 people. Palestinian officials in gaza, say around 3,000 have been killed in israeli bombing, and around 12,00
Territory again has been heavily bombarded by israeli airstrikes which Palestinian Health officials have killed at least to,000 750 people in just one week. This is after the attacks last week in israel that killed at least moo people. Israel says it is Targeting Members of hamas, the group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments including the united kingdom. Thousands of palestinians who have fled hoping to escape and cross into egypt have found that the Rafah Crossing is still closed. Negotiations are ongoing to open it for aid and dual citizens trying to leave gaza so far no progress has been made on that front. We start our coverage with this report from our international editor, jeremy bowen. Anotherwar, of words, has started over who is responsible for the suffering of Palestinian Civilians in gaza. Israel is dropping the bombs. It says blame hamas for killing and kidnapping and, says israel, hiding behind civilians. Gazans crowded into un schools after is
on the 7th of october. all major un agencies are calling for a humanitarian ceasefire, in israel s armed response. jeremy bowen sent this report from southern israel, near the border with gaza. israel promised mighty vengeance. it thundered across beach camp in gaza city. israel s justification is defending the living as well as avenging its dead. palestinians call this genocide. this girl from jabalia camp is asked what happened to her. she says, a missile came down on us. bricks fell on us. i asked, where s my dad and where s my mum? she is asked, where were you? i was here, in the house. we were at home on the roof came down on us. we looked in on the war this afternoon from sderot, the closest israeli border town. israel has refused an american request to pause military operations to allow time for humanitarian convoys, or talks to free the hostages. israel might be able to break hamas as a military force, but what happens then? history shows israel s army cannot su
welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to be with you again, stephen. it s good to talk to you. you, of course, are a medical doctor. you have many colleagues in gaza. communication is very difficult. but does it seem to you right now that there is any semblance of a functioning medical and humanitarian system left inside gaza? no, the situation in gaza is absolutely drastic. it s a huge humanitarian crisis because not only of the israeli siege on gaza, but also of this terrible bombardment. we ve lost up to now more than 10,000 people who were killed by israeli air strikes and bombardment. we ve lost 6,000 children, 6,000 children, stephen. nothing can justify that. but on top of that, israel is depriving gaza from fuel, from electricity, from food, from water and from medications. we have 17 medical teams working there around the clock. they do their best, but they tell me that the situation is intolerable. first of all, we have more than 130 children in incubators who could
good evening. we re injerusalem, as the human cost of the israel/hamas war reaches a tragic milestone. in less than four weeks across the border in gaza, the health ministry, which is run by hamas, is now reporting that more than 10,000 people have died in israeli bombing raids. israel says it s targeting members of hamas, a group designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk, and responsible for killing more than 1,400 people in southern israel, and for seizing over 200 hostages. all major united nations agencies are calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in israel s armed response, with the un secretary general, antonio guterres, describing gaza, as becoming a graveyard for children. we ll have more on the heavy price being paid by youngsters in this war a little later, but first let s join jeremy bowen, in southern israel, close to the border with gaza. jeremy. well, of course, let s not forget on the 7th of october, more than 11100 people, mostly israeli civilians were